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PLANE-FLAME SIMULATION OF THE WAKE BEHIND AN INTERNALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE. PART III. EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF A SUPERSONIC VEHICLE BY A DETONATION

The flow field induced by an internally-propelled vehicle traveling through a tube at a supersonic speed is simulated experimentally by the flow field induced by a detonation. The results indicate that as the vehicle continues to travel at a constant velocity, the effects of friction and heat transfer cause a region of flow to develop which is steady in the frame of reference of the vehicle. This steady-flow region starts directly behind the vehicle and gradually grows to fill the entire flow field as time progresses. (Author)

Supplemental Notes:

Rept. on Proj. TUBEFLIGHT. See also Part 2, PB-177 141.

Corporate Authors:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Department of Aeronautical Engineering and AstronauticsTroy, NY
United States
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